Famous Americans Websites
GENERAL SITES TO SEARCH
www.biography.com
www.encyclopedia.com
http://amillionlives.com
www.historychannel.com
FAMOUS AMERICANS TO CHOOSE FROM (CHOOSE THREE)
1.Henry David Thoreau
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/thoreau.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/65/th/Thoreau.html
http://www.online-literature.com/thoreau/
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/thoreau/
2. Nathaniel Hawthorne
http://www.online-literature.com/hawthorne/
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ha/HawthornN.html
http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/hawthorne.html
http://www.cyberbee.com/henryhikes/hawthorne.html
3. Horace Mann
http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/mann.html
http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/horacemann.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0831566.html
4. Frederick Douglas
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/fdouglas/dougxx.htm
http://owleyes.org/douglas.htm
http://www.toptags.com/aama/bio/men/freddoug.htm
http://www.nps.gov/frdo/fdlife.htm
5. Harriet Tubman
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa020419a.htm
http://docsouth.unc.edu/harriet/about.html
http://faculty.brenau.edu/lewis/tubman.html
http://www.civilwarhome.com/tubmanbio.htm
6. Henry Clay
http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/C/HenryClay.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/hclay/hclay.htm
http://www.bellenet.com/clay.html
http://www.bartleby.com/65/cl/Clay-Hen.html
7. Harriet Beecher Stowe
http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/life/
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hbstowe.htm
http://www.online-literature.com/stowe/
http://www.2020site.org/literature/harriet_stowe.html
8. James Buchanan
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/15pbuch.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jb15.html
http://riri.essortment.com/presidentjames_rawv.htm
http://history.searchbeat.com/jamesbuchanan.htm
9. Abraham Lincoln
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/16plinc.html
http://www.literatureproject.com/abraham-lincoln/lincoln.htm
http://www.abrahamlincoln.cc/biography.htm
10. Robert E. Lee
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/relee/relee.htm
http://www.civilwarhome.com/leebio.htm
http://flfl.essortment.com/biographyrobert_rscu.htm
http://www.cyberessays.com/History/58.htm
11. William Tecumseh Sherman
http://ngeorgia.com/people/shermanwt.html
http://www.civilwarhome.com/sherbio.htm
http://www.sfmuseum.org/bio/sherman.html
http://www.civil-war-tribute.com/William-Tecumseh-Sherman-bio.htm
12. Clara Barton
http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Barton.html
http://www.civilwarhome.com/bartonbio.htm
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/bart-cla.htm
http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/B/ClaraBarton.html
13. Rutherford B. Hayes
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rh19.html
http://www.rbhayes.org/rbhbio.htm
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/19phaye.html
http://www.museumstuff.com/articles/ar141021066646925.html
14. George A. Custer
http://www.civilwarhome.com/custerbi.htm
http://www.civilwarhome.com/custerbi.htm
http://www.jalapenocafe.com/portfolio/fame_fortune/bio.html
http://www.georgearmstrongcuster.com/
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/custer.html
15. William Jennings Bryan
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/aae/side/bryan.html
http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/B/WilliamJenningsBryan.html
http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/B/WilliamJenningsBryan.html
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/B/Bryan-Wi-secretary-of-state.html
http://www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/notables/bryan.html
16. Thomas Edison
http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Edison.html
http://www.thomasedison.com/biog.htm
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edbio.html
http://www.nps.gov/edis/biography.htm
17. John D. Rockefeller
http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr/jdrsrbio.html
http://allsands.com/History/People/johndrockefel_ura_gn.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0842151.html
18. Euegene V. Debs
http://www.marxists.org/archive/debs/
http://www.eugenevdebs.com
http://www.allsands.com/History/People/eugenevdebsbi_avg_gn.htm
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/aae/side/debs.html
19. Jane Addams
http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/ja_bio.html
http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1931/addams-bio.html
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/adda-jan.htm
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_addams.htm
20. Ida B. Wells
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/barn-ida.htm
http://www.duke.edu/~ldbaker/classes/AAIH/caaih/ibwells/ibwbkgrd.html
21. William Randolph Hearst
http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/willh.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0823116.html
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/H/Hearst-W.html
http://www.studyworld.com/newsite/ReportEssay/Biography/FamousPeople%5CWilliam_Randolph_Hea
rst-38646.htm
22. William Howard Taft
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wt27.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/wt27/about/taftbio.htm
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/wt27/about/taftbio.htm
http://www.americanpresident.org/history/williamhowardtaft/
23. Susan B. Anthony
http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/sba/first.htm
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blanthony.htm
http://www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/biography.html
http://winningthevote.org/SBAnthony.html
24. William Seward
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASseward.htm
http://www.sewardhouse.org/biography/seward-b.htm
http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/S/WilliamSeward.html
25. Warren G. Harding
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wh29.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/wh29/about/harding.htm
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/29phard.html
http://www.americanpresident.org/history/warrenharding/
26. Charles A. Lindbergh
http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/index.asp
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Hauptmann/CLindbergh.html
http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/history/calbio.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0829849.html
27. Herbert Hoover
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/hh31.html
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/31phoov.html
http://www.americanpresident.org/history/herberthoover/
http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/Hoover/hh.html
28. Dwight D. Eisenhower
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/de34.html
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/34peise.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760618.html
http://www.dwightdeisenhower.com/biodde.html
29. Joseph McCarthy
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0830834.html
http://mccarthy.cjb.net/
http://cbird.8m.com/history/mccarthy.htm
30. Thurgood Marshall
http://www.ai.mit.edu/~isbell/HFh/black/events_and_people/html/001.thurgood_marshall.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/thurgood_marshall.html
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/hill/marshall.htm
http://www.thurgoodmarshall.com/home.htm
31. John F. Kennedy
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.html
http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfk_biography.html
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/35pkenn.html
http://www.americanpresident.org/history/johnfkennedy/
32. Richard Nixon
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rn37.html
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/37pnixo.html
http://www.watergate.info/nixon/
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760621.html
33. Jimmy Carter
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jc39.html
http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/jec/jecbio_p.phtml
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/39pcart.html
http://www.americanpresident.org/history/jimmycarter/
34. Emily Dickinson
http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/emilydickinson/
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/ED303/emilybio.html
http://www.online-literature.com/dickinson/
http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Emily_Dickinson
35. Dorothea Dix
http://www.civilwarhome.com/dixbio.htm
http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/people/bio.cfm?PID=25
http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/mhddsas/DIX/dorothea.html
http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/dorotheadix.html
36. Sojourner Truth
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/trut-soj.htm
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/bltruth.htm
http://www.civilwarhome.com/truthbio.htm
http://www.africawithin.com/bios/sojourner_truth.htm
37. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
http://www.nps.gov/wori/ecs.htm
http://ecssba.rutgers.edu/studies/ecsbio.html
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blstanton.htm
http://www.theglassceiling.com/biographies/bio31.htm
38. Stephen A. Douglas
http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/D/StephenArnoldDouglas.html
http://www.famousamericans.net/stephenarnolddouglas/
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAdouglas.htm
39. John Brown
http://www.civilwarhome.com/johnbrownbio.htm
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/John-Brown-(abolitionist)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)
http://www.4reference.net/encyclopedias/wikipedia/John_Brown_abolitionist_.html
40.Dred Scott
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/scott_d.htm
http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/people/bio.cfm?PID=61
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0816089.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2932.htm
41. Jefferson Davis
http://www.civilwarhome.com/jdavisbio.htm
http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/people/bio.cfm?PID=24
http://www.tulane.edu/~latner/Davis.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis
42. Ulysses S. Grant http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ug18.html
http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/G/UlyssesSGrant.html
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/18pgran.html
http://www.museumstuff.com/articles/ar170131066638674.html
43. George McClellan
http://www.civilwarhome.com/macbio.htm
http://www.nps.gov/anti/mccl-bio.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0830839.html
http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/people/bio.cfm?PID=49
44. Andrew Johnson
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/aj17.html
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/bio/public/johnson.htm
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/17pjhnsn.html
http://www.americanpresident.org/history/andrewjohnson/
45. Sitting Bull
http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/SittingBull.html
http://www.powersource.com/gallery/people/sittbull.html
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sittingbull.htm
http://jbtank.com/indians/sittingbull.html
46. Chief Joseph http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/chiefjoseph.htm
http://www.powersource.com/gallery/people/joseph.html
http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=c_joseph
http://hometown.aol.com/Gibson0817/chiefjo.htm
47. William McKinley
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wm25.html
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/25pmcki.html
http://www.mckinley.lib.oh.us/museum/biography.htm
http://www.americanpresident.org/history/williammckinley/
48. Alexander Graham Bell
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96mar/bell.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltelephone2.htm
http://www.alexander-graham-bell.org/alexander-graham-bell/
http://www.prairiehill.org/latest/aday/scibio.html
49. Andrew Carnegie
http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/C/AndrewCarnegie.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/peopleevents/pande01.html
http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/jsp/db/author.jsp?authorId=1077&authorName=Andrew+
Carnegie
50. Samuel Gompers
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/gompers/gompers.htm
http://www.history.umd.edu/Gompers/page6.html
http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/gompers.htm
http://smithsonianeducation.org/spotlight/labor.html#gompers
51. Booker T. Washington
http://docsouth.unc.edu/washington/about.html
http://www.nps.gov/bowa/btwbio.html
http://www.ushistory.net/toc/washington.html
52. Joseph Pulitzer
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0840497.html
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/pulitzer.htm
http://www.pulitzer.org/History/history.html#bio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pulitzer
53. Theodore Roosevelt
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/tr26.html
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/roosevelt/trintro2.htm
http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/
http://www.ushistory.net/toc/roosevelt.html
54. Woodrow Wilson
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ww28.html
http://www.americanpresident.org/history/woodrowwilson/
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/28pwils.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760612.html
55. Carrie Chapman Catt
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760612.html
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_catt_carrie_chapman.htm
http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/catt.htm
http://search.eb.com/women/articles/Catt_Carrie_Clinton_Lane_Chapman.html
56. Calvin Coolidge
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/cc30.html
http://www.americanpresident.org/history/calvincoolidge/
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/30pcool.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760614.html
57. Amelia Earhart
http://www.ellensplace.net/eae_intr.html
http://www.ameliaearhart.com/home.php
http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Earhart.html
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq3-1.htm
58. Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USArooseveltF.htm
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/32proos.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760616.html
59. Harry S. Truman
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/lifetimes/boyhood.htm
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/33ptrum.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ht33.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760617.html
60. Rosa Parks
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1
http://www.theglassceiling.com/biographies/bio26.htm
http://rosaparks.netfirms.com/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/honormlk/rosa.htm
61. Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkbiospot.html
http://thekingcenter.com/mlk/bio.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/king/biography.html
62. Lyndon B. Johnson
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/biographys.hom/lbj_bio.asp
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/36pjohn.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/lj36.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760620.html
63. Gerald Ford
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gf38.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760622.html
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/38pford.html
http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford
64. Ronald Reagan
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rr40.html
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/40preag.html
http://www.presidentreagan.info/bio/reagan_biography_1.cfm
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760624.html